Needle-threader.



e. B ROWE.

NEEDLE THREADER. v APPLICATION FILED FEB. I4. 1918. v

1,274,786. Patented Aug; 6, ms.

nu: mmms nsrsns cu.. Pnomumc wAsmNc'mm a c flamet- To all whbm it mayconcern:

' GEORGE nnown, OF OKLAHO A, OKLAHOMA;

nEEnLE-THREADER.

c Be it known that I, 'GEORGE B. Rowri, a

l citizen of theUnited States, residing at fication.

107:1 l v v [and for one of; its objects to simplify Qandimprojve theconstruction and increase the Qklah'oma in the county ofOklahoma andState of klah'oma, have" invented certain new and useful Improvementsin: Needle- Threaders, of whichthe following s'a speci- This inventionrelates todevices g. for threading the needles of sewing machines,

@ efliciency"andutility or devices ofthis chartacter', v Another I videa simply constructed device which may A r be readily adjusted f withoutstructural ect of the invention is -to pro- 7 change to needlesofvarious sizesand to sewing machlnes having various forms of presserfeet'and needle bars. .W'ith these and other ob ects in v ew, the

5 invention cons sts in: certain novel features of construction, ashereinafter shown and 1 described and then specifically pointed out I ofFig.1. 1 v a a v p a I The improvecljdevice comprises; a body; portiOnlO having -alongitu dinally directed ;invention li gi r :proved device.together with a portion of the needle .bar, the needle, and a portion ofthe jprc sserfoot with the improved device 'apeplied; 1 r x 'Fig. 2 is arear elevation of the improved in the claims; and in the drawingsillustrative of the preferred embodiment of the 1 is a front elevationof the imsocket 'or 'seat lilgto; receive the needle, the

latter represented conventionally at 12 and coupled in the ordinaryinanner in the socket portion 13 of the needle bar. Projectingfrom;thebodylO near its lower end is a stop pin 1%, the stop pin beingso lo fl cated as to support the needle in position and assist inlocatingthe needle in the seat 11. 15 represents a holding springsecured by a clamp screw 16 to the body 10, and extending overthe faceof the socket 1'1 and operating to hold the needle y eldably in positionin the socket.

Formed through the lower end of the body is a thread receiving orguiding recess 17 converging from all sides toward one end andterminating in a relatively small downwardly opening'aperture or recess18 which vertical section on the line 33 V 7 pos tion. Tapped throughthe body 10, pref- Patentea Augie, 1918'.

Application filed February 14, 1918. Serial no. 217,038.

in the socket 11 as to locate the eye 19 of the needle in transversealinement with the "reduced terminal 18 of the recess. Attached b to thelower face of the body'lO is a yieldable plate'20 which forms ayieldable closure to the reduced portion 18 of the recess, but

which will yield to permit the releasing of thethread from the device,as hereafter'ex plained.

Threaded into the upper end of thebody 10 is anadjusting screw 21 havinga relativelylarge head 22 adapted to engage the lower face of the needlesocket portion 13' as shown in Fig. '1. By adjusting the screw 21thebody and its aperture 18 maybe so arranged as to locate the eye 19 ofthencedle exactlyopposite the aperture 18 of the a recess 17. The body10 is provided with an alongside the opening 23, to correspond toneedles of varying numbers or sizes, and by noting the position of thescrew 21 with relation to the lines of 'the'scale, the body 10 may beadjusted to bring the eyes of needles of'variou's sizes in properposition as will be obvious. The screw 21 is also provided w1th a milledjam nut 2 1, so that the screw may be rigidly supported in its adjustederably between the spring 'holding member '15 and the pin l his anotheradjusting screw 25. having a screw-driver receiving head 26. Thescr'evv25 may thus. be readily adjusted injthe body, and is designed tobear byits free end against the body portion 27 ofthe presser-foot. Byadjusting the screw 25the QQGFLiQ O il of the body l O and itsattachments relatively to the presser foot may be maincorrespondssubstantially with the eye 19 of y I theneedle, the latter being soarranged with The adjusting screws 21-25 enable the body 10 to beexactly adapted to the size of vthe needle 12, and the adjustments'maybechanged to correspond to a larger or'smaller needle, and it is necessaryto change the adjustments onlywhen the size of the needle is changed.Thus so long as the same sizeneedle is employed the' deviceisin'condition to be applied and the needle threaded without changingany of the adjustments When the improved device is to be used the body10 with its attachments is forced over the needle until the latter isdisposed in the socket 11 and held in position by the spring 15,- thestop pin 14 enabling thedevice to be quickly located. Care should betaken in applying the device to see that the head 22 of the screw 21bears against the lower face of the needle socket, and that the screw 25bears against the presser foot head 27. lVhen thus adjusted the eye ofthe needle is located in exact transverse alinenient with the reducedaperture 18, and the needle can be readily threaded by simply passingthe end of the thread into the recess 17, when the converging walls ofthe latter will uide the thread through the eye (it the nee 1e.

To release the thread after being inserted through the eye 19, the partsof the thread at each side of the needle are grasped by the thumb andforefinger of one hand and drawn downwardly againstthe spring holder. 20

which will yield and permit the thread to pass.

The parts may be constructed of any required material and of anysuitable size.

Having thus described the invention, what claimed as new is:

1. A device of the class described coinprising a bodyhaving alongitudinally directed needle receiving seat in one side face and atransverse recess in the other side face, said recess converging towardone end and communicating at its contracted end with the needle seat andopening at its lower, side through the bottom of the body, a resilientmember connected at one end to the body and unsupported at the other endand extending by its unsupported portion over the lower opening of therecess, and means for retaining a needle in said seat with its eyeregistering with the contracted terminal of the recess.

2. A device of the class described comprising a body having alongitudinally directed needle receiving seat in one side face and atransverse recess in the other side face, said 'needl'eseat and openingat its lower side through the bottom of the body, a resilient memberconnected to the body and extending over the lower opening of therecess, means for retaining a needle in said seat with its eyeregistering with the contracted terminal of the recess, a longitudinallyadjustable device vconnected to thebody, a transversely adjustabledevice connected to the body, whereby the body may belocated'rel'ati-vely to the needle bar and the presser foot portions ofa sewing machine.

3. A device ofthe class described comprising a body having alongitudinally'dire'cted needle receiving seat in one side face and atransverse recess in the other side face, said recess converging towardone end and -communicating at its contracted end with the needle seatand o ening at its lower side through the bottom of the body, a stop pinextending from the body adjacent to the needle seat, a resilientniembe'rconnected to the body and extending over the lower opening ofthe recess, and means for retaining a needle in said seatwit'h its eyeregistering with the contracted terminal of the recess.

4. A device of the class described comprising a body having" alongitudinally directed needlereceiving seat in one side face and atransverse recess in the other side face, said recess converging towardone end-and commu'nicating at its contractedendwith the needle seat andopening at its lower side through the bottom of the body, a-resilientmember connected at one end to the body and unsupported at theother'end, the unsupported portion extending over the "lower opening ofthe recess, and a resilient holdin member attached at one end to thebody and extending at its free end over the needle seat and operating toyieldably support a needle in said seat with its eye registering withthe contracted'terminal of-the recess.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

. GEORGE TB. ROWE.

Witness:

J. R. Rownnr'r.

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